Caesar 3

I wanted to start playing city-builders games. I didn't know where to start, and i was told this was a great game. Well it is ! The strategic dimension and micro managment is really high, but not too harsh. A real pleasure to watch your city grow and your building evolving. There is always something to do. Watch for the gods, make sure they are happy, you can rise or low the taxes, you have to set your water installation correctly, you need to make sure the food is well distributed, you can trade, import, export, produce soldier to defend yourself. The sound design is cool, the graphics old but nice. If you're into that kind of game, and you don't mind the "old" looking, go for it.

I played the "Caesar" games as soon as they came out. The first game rated poorly against Sim City, and the following two titles were inferior to Sim City 2000. Once you get the basic mechanics (mostly to manage production and avoid fire) the rest is just a game of placing something somewhere and waiting. Strategic choices are limited and rarely decisive in the gameplay. Pretty decent graphics are still one of its few good points.

great game, but I don't think GOG has the release date correct. I bough C3 around nov/dec 1998, still have a receipt to prove it :-)

I've been playing Caesar 3 for about 5 years. This game is definitely a complex game to figure out at first when it comes to the cash flow. This game is great for building cities, however if your city get's too large you need to be able to have more control over the supply lines. Because you dont your city falls apart when you take over 1/2 the large map or so. Great game.

This is one of the most addicting games ever. I can honestly say that I wasted an entire summer playing this game when it first came out. The developer knew exactly what they were doing. Since this is a "GOG" it's not perfect, but it's damn close. Definitely buy this game if you're into simulation and sandbox building!